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Re: Other Friend and moving in with Boyfriend....
I guess I am just more traditional, but I have never lived with a guy and won't until I'm married. My parents would flip, my family would be disappointed, and I just wouldn't want to deal with that.
Some of my friends have moved in together successfully--I might wait a little more than a few months though.
Some of my friends have moved in together successfully--I might wait a little more than a few months though.
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FI and I moved in together after 8 months of dating. That was 5 years ago. When it's right, it's right I guess...
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Since DH & I moved in together after having dated for only 4 months, I guess you know my answer ![]()
I think every situation is different - there are guys I dated for YEARS that I would have never lived with -- but when something is 'right' its 'right' and I don't think that a set timeframes applies in every scenario
I think every situation is different - there are guys I dated for YEARS that I would have never lived with -- but when something is 'right' its 'right' and I don't think that a set timeframes applies in every scenario
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fh and i technically waited 3 years to move in together- but we were in college together and basically lived together then... i sya when its right its right, no set time... no one can tell how in love anyone else is... my friend is getting married this weekend and was dating the guy 9 months- whereas fh and i were dating 4 and a half years... who is to say whats right.. every situation is different,...
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I don't think you can put a time on things...I think if I was single and nearing 30 I would definitely move more quickly in my relationships than DH and I did. We had the time to date for 4 years, be engaged for a year...And get married at 26. But as you get older things just move more quickly--people want to have kids, etc., and you don't have the time to wait 5 years. That said, I knew DH was the one after only a few months. Nothing changed there. We looked at engagement rings after dating for 3 mos. It was silly, and just for fun, and I didn't want to marry that young (22), but we knew.
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Before I met DH, I let my boyfried of only a few months move in with me (I swore I was not going to live with anyone before I got married). He was in a tough position...he worked in the city (I lived in Queens), both his parents had passed...he had a brother who lived in the parents house and I kinda felt obligated. Anyway....we stayed together for 3 years...and honestly...if he didn't live with me, it probably wouldn't have lasted that long...but I felt bad breaking up with him because then he would have no where to go. When we finally broke up...he moved out about 1 month later (that was a really long, tough month). I moved out a few months after that....in the interim, I met DH. And I again said to myself...I'm not letting him move in until/if we get married....after about 2 months, DH had to move out of his apartment...and he was spending so much time at my place, he kinda just moved in.
So...sometimes it works...sometimes it doesn't...but good luck to your friend.
So...sometimes it works...sometimes it doesn't...but good luck to your friend.
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One more thing....my best friend never lived in the same state as her husband until they got married....they met as seniors in the second semester at college...and once college was over...they had a long distance relationship for 6 years...never spent more than a week together. They got married and finally moved to the same state...and the same apartment ![]()
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FH and I moved in together 6 months after we started dating. That was 8 years ago. ![]()
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I think Dh and I take the cake - we moved in together after 3 months of dating. Everyone thought we were nuts, but we just knew. I think when you're older and have been through several relationships, when you meet the one, you just know, and there's simply no sense in delaying the inevitable. Besides, I really do think it helps to live with someone before considering taking it to the next step - you really don't know a person in and out until you live with them.
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dh and i moved in together after 3 months - i think it is fine plus they'll save money on 2 seperate rents
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I lived with DH at the beginning of our dating relationship, but in a separate room in his parents house (looong story) and then moved back in after being on my own 3 months before our wedding, again, in separate rooms.
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I had the same type of relationship with FH. We moved in together after 8-9 mths. Two years into our relationship...we got engaged. When you know it's right...why wait! As we see...life is too short. You just don't know what tomorrow will bring!![]()
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Welp, after 2 WEEKS of MEETING my DH we moved in together. my family was pissed but you know it was the BEST thing I ever did- and I used to be one of those that said 'oh no way- Im not gonna move in with a man before marriage'- hahahh, and I did. ![]()
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